Category Archives: 10th July 2014

The Needle’s Eye
Not According to Plan 

When a little girl named Topsy is asked in Uncle Tom’s Cabin if she knew who made her, she says, “I expect I grow’d.” Today, Arun Jaitley will de­clare financial independence when he unveils Budget 2014 without the Planning Commission (PC) breath­ing down his neck. True, the Budget drafters in the Prime Minister’s Offi­ce and…

The Needle’s Eye
Reaping the Whirlwind in the 16th Lok Sabha 

Our members of parliament sowed the wind in the 15th Lok Sabha and are reaping the whirl­wind in the 16th Lok Sabha. The last Lok Sabha worked only for 61% of its scheduled time, the worst in the past half-century. The Bharatiya Janata Party was in very aggressive opposition to the United Progressive Alliance. There…